Help, Guides and Instructions: Janes Online

Why Janes Online?

Janes Online provides news and analysis on global issues relating to security and defense issues. The country studies are fact filled reports on a range of data regarding all UN recognized countries. The content is updated regularly and contains an archive of content back to the late 1980s.

Accessing Janes Online

• From the NWC intranet -
  • Go to the NWC Library home page listed under the Library Commons tab and click on the link to take you to the Internet page.
  • Click on the Library Electronic Resources link to access the A to Z List. Select Jane's Online.

• From the internet -
  • Click on the Library Electronic Resources link on the Library Homepage.
  • From off-campus: Access the electronic resources through EZProxy by using Blackboard or CAC login options.

How to Search Janes Online

• Select the Search Option on the top center of the screen to search the entire Janes resource.

Basic Search

• Separate search terms with AND to search for both terms; use OR to search for either term.
• Searching for a phrase such as "precision munitions" requires the use of quotation marks. 
• Choose to search all content or only those parts of Jane’s to which NWC subscribes.
• Click on the "Question Mark" icon to the right of the search box for more ways to create search terms.

Search Janes: Find a Country  

• The country button on the top-right tool bar takes you directly into the Country Intelligence module .
• Click into the Country button on the tool bar at the upper right. 
• Or type a country name into the Find Country box to go directly to a country. 

Search Janes Defence Module

• To locate the Defence Budgets module, click on the "Productd" button.
• Click into Defence Budgets.